FW: Domain name and Net-governance info should be public

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From: 	Declan McCullagh[SMTP:declan at well.com]
Sent: 	Monday, June 29, 1998 11:37 AM
To: 	politech at vorlon.mit.edu
Subject: 	FC: Domain name and Net-governance info should be public

[I agree that this information should be public. All of us have a stake in
Internet governance. I hope all portions of this week's meeting will be
open to the press. --Declan]


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Subject: IFWP [Fwd: Conference Call Notes (fwd)]
From: Einar Stefferud <stef at nma.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 15:14:25 -0700

I have obtained this though opaque channels, but I also feel that this
kind of information belongs in public view, so I am pulbishing it for
ORSC without permission.  If anyone wishes to complain about this, the
fact of the complaint, and who issues is will be very interesting data
points.

I suggest that the organizers of the July 1-2 meeting should
themselves publish this information for open public review, and the
fact that they have so far chosen not to do so is a mark against them
which may in time damage the whole effort.

As with secrecy in governments, such hiding of oganizing information
can only breed rumors and diminish credibiliity of all participants.

Best...\Stef

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 19:37:19 -0400
From: June Portch <admin at cix.org>
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    MUncapher at itaa.org, briano at isa.net, jeff at isa.net, kawchuk at idirect.com,
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Subject: Conference Call Notes

Broadening of Framework for White Paper Workshops
Conference Call
June 16, 1998 


Participants:

Andy Sernovitz		AIM
Laina Greene			APIA
Ron Kawchuk			CAIP
Rob Hall			CAIP
Mark McFadden			CIX
Barbara Dooley		CIX
June Portch			CIX
John Wood			CSSA
Mike Roberts			Educom
Jim Dixon			EuroISPA
Michael Schneider		EuroISPA
Andy Kraft			AIP
Marty Burack			ISOC
Don Heath			ISOC
Charles Smith			ISP/C
Sheila O'Neill		ITAA
Don Telage			Network Solutions
Scott Mitchell		Epoch/CORE member
Marilyn Cade			ATT/PSWG

Summary of Call [brackets are additional information by Barbara Dooley]

The participants on the call agreed that a framework of regional meetings
sponsored by associations representing diverse constituences (broadly
speaking,academic/research, providers, users, Internet industry
associations) would be appropriate to continue the private sector
leadership called for in the White Paper. 

The principles of the sponsoring associations would be that the meetings
would open to all interested stakeholders groups and parties a forum to
work on the three primary areas left open in the White Paper:

Organization of the New Corporation
Dispute Resolution and gTLD Issues
Security & Privacy Issues

It was agreed that this must be perceived as an open process based on the
White Paper and that Jon Postel, representing the current IANA and as a key
participant in this process, should be encouraged to participate in all
three meetings and might issue a statement supporting this framework of
neutral fora.

The first meeting with be held 1-2 July in the DC area--the GIAW meeting.
The second will be held in Europe, with a preference for EuroISPA, CSSA and
other European associations to work with ISOC/INET on that event to be held
in Geneva. The third will be held in the Asia/Pacific region, a lead to be
taken by APIA.

It will be the responsibility of the organizers to ensure that there is an
information flow and conduit regarding these meetings, to make publicly
available summaries of the workshops, and to make sure that a least some
representives from each region attend each event.

If additional neutral legal/policy expertise is needed in context of the
workshops, for example to support Dr. Frankel at the GIAW, it might be
possible to ask the ILPF and APPLe (the Asia Pacific Policy and Legal
Forum0 to help locate such moderators.

It was agreed that all kinds of mailing lists will be used to facilitate
discussion and continued work during and after the workshops. 

It was proposed that any association which agrees to these principles can
become a sponsoring association and will be listed on the webpage(s). The
GIAW website will link to European and A/P sites which will have
information on those regional meetings. Those on the call agreed in
principle to sponsor this framework and will be listed as such when the
updated website appears [Thursday].

A Sponsoring Association can participate in the Steering Committee. The
steering committee responsibilities are to make sure the events are
organized, to draft and coordinate the media advisories, and to facilitate
the information flow to the sponsoring associations and stakeholders.
Because of the tight schedule for planning, steering committee members must
commit doing the work, and supply a proxy with decision-making authority if
the appointed rep is not available. 


The GIAW website is currently being hosted by CIX. The GIAW mailing lists
are in the process of being transferred [Tuesday]. CIX has also hired an
outside PR firm, Optimum, to answer media calls and be the spokesperson for
the sponsors for the GIAW meeting [to be confirmed by Steering Committee].

Some companies and associations have expressed a willingness to contribute
to the funding of this organization effort and this will be followed up on
immediately.
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Post-call developments

Barbara has received written or verbal intention to participate in the
Steering Committee from AIM, AIP, CAIP, CIX, Educom and EuroISPA. 
The first Steering Committee conference call will be scheduled for Thursday
12 noon EST,to give time for more associations, including those who want to
participate but could not be on today's call, to join in[sorry Laina]. The
call-in number will be sent out Wednesday. The purpose of that call would
be to discuss the financing, prepare the elements of a media advisory, and
discuss how to create a feedback process for creation of the agenda for the
1-2 July meeting. A draft of the media advisory could be prepared and sent
to the sponsoring associations for comment. The steering commitee will
incorporate the editorial suggestions for release Friday noon EST. 

Some thoughts on financing from Barbara: a suggestion would be to ask for a
modest amount from the steering committee members and interested company/ad
hoc group/coalition supporters, say $2000, with a goal to raise $30,000. 


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